Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number bDA704 S678a Image title [Title page] Place image published [London] Image publisher [Joseph Downing] Image date 1704 Image function illustration; title page Technique engraving Image dimension height 10 cm. Image dimension width 7.2 cm. Page dimension height 41.7 cm. Page dimension width 25.3 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Languages English Description Seal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. A minister or priest stands on a ship with an open Bible in his hand; on shore native Americans say, "Transiens Adiuva Nos" [Come over and help us]. Source creator Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) Source Title An account of the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. What the society establish'd in England by Royal charter hath done since their incorporation, June the 16th 1701 Source place of publication London Source publisher Printed by Joseph Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield Source date 1704 notes The motto probably derives from Acts 16:9: "And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed to him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us." Publication information from colophon. Time Period Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area North America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Indigenous peoples Subject headings Missions, English Subject headings Indians of North America Subject headings Proselytizing Subject headings Church of England--Colonies--America

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [The vak-vak tree] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [159] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 13.6 cm. Image dimension width 8.9 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description The Vak-Vak tree with two winged creatures, one a harpy, the other a zaghsar or talking crow. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes The Vak-Vak (or Wak Wak) tree is often depicted in Islamic art as having fruit that are the heads of women, men or animals, but never the full body, which grows on a mythical island. Text here describes the tree as growing on the island of Zandj. The tree has lovely women as fruit who are like other women in shape, but if they are broken off of the tree, they die within two days. The John Carter Brown copy has been censored. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias, and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in Goodrich identifies this image as the first printed picture in Islam. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, PhD diss., 1968, picture #1, p , Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Islamic art and symbolism

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Jaguar, ant-eater, and armadillo] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [12] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 13.4 cm. Image dimension width 8.8 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Hunter with bow and arrow hunts a jaguar. Also includes an ant-eater and armadillo. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes the jaguar as a predacious animal like a tiger. The ant-eater is described as a kind of bear with no tail. The armadillo is described being like a horse with a pack-saddle. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #11, p , Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Hunting Subject headings Natural history

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Armadillo, pelican, and two ducks] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [73] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 8.7 cm. Image dimension width 10.2 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Armadillo, pelican, and two Muscovy ducks. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes the armadillo as being the size of a cat and whose head and beak are like a duck; on its back is a robe of bone which it can either close or open. The ducks are described as being geese with black bodies and white wings. The pelican is described as being able to swallow three boys in one gulp. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias, and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #7, p , 397. Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history